Xerxes and the Jewish Diaspora
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, Preachers’ Institute
Tongue Tied
Br. Tomás Martín Rosado O.P., Dominicana
Atheist Church: An Exercise in Mimicry
Anthony Sacramone, Strange Herring
Past Perfect
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Democracy
Evelyn Waugh, Catholic Optimist
Micah Mattix, National Review
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…